Category: The Quake 2 community

The Quake 2 community — featuring player’s philosophies, revisiting the websites of Quake 2 clans, and returning to the scenes of all-night LAN parties — here are the human stories behind the game. Thank you to so many people, all around the world, who have made and continue to make Quake 2 the most fun game to play on Stroggos — and Earth! You are appreciated.

The Sydney Morning Herald — Icon Magazine: [Quake II,] Computers and Technology for the Rest of Us

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"These days from all around me, I hear of 'windows' and a 'mouse', of brand names, some are 'Apple', wish I knew what it's about. I hear they've some connection, with strange things they call computers, which will give you all the answers, but to me they're just confusers. I've seen folk press some buttons, words appear and sometimes numbers, they seem to spring from nowhere — it surely makes me wonder. Sometimes I've asked a question, they just turn to this machine, press a button here, a button there, they find the answer there, it seems. It's really quite amazing, they don't even have to think, they tell me what I want to know, I don't have time to even blink. One day I'll look right through the window, perhaps I'll see before my eyes, this mouse they always talk about, for he must be very wise." —Hilda B. York, of Millers Point, fascinated by what she reads in Icon, was moved to write this poem, 1998

Quake 2 Clan: Base of the Pillar — UsUL Clan: Founded in 1998

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"Founded in 1998, UsUL is a Quake clan based on very simple principals: We enjoy the game and the online experience. We enjoy the friendship of our clan members. We don't get much sleep. Egos and bad attitudes are not welcome, but friendship, honor, and trust are. So what is a UsUL anyway? Usul is a term taken from the Dune series by Frank Herbert. It literally means the "base of the pillar", but also refers to the underlying principals that form the base of the universe. (Just like UsUL forms the basis of everything Quake. Well, OK, maybe not, but there it is.)"

1997: Manhattan Memorial Marathon Photos, by David crt Wright — crt’s M3 Pictures

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"M3: Manhattan Memorial (day) Marathon. m3 was a quake LAN party in NYC, May 23-May 26, 1997. m3 was free, and was held at Pseudo Online (home of quakecast). although m3 was byoc, many quakers graciously left their computers on, explicitly allowing those without computers to play quake. m3 was sponsored by the cyberweb cafe, pseudo online, and planetquake."